Linda Goode May Run For Melbourne Council

More Goode news. Melbourne first lady Linda Goode is about ready to get her own tootsies wet in city politics.

Husband Harry Jr., mayor and Democratic candidate for state Legislature, picked up city council qualifying papers for his wife Monday.

''I haven't made a decision,'' Mrs. Goode said Tuesday. ''I'm still making up my mind.''

She'll have to do it before the filing deadline at 5 p.m. Thursday. If she does jump in, she'll wage a no-poster campaign.

''I'm not really fond of all that clutter. Billboards and posters are not my favorite things.''

And how about all those roadside signs bearing her husband's picture? ''Well, in some campaigns you have to do that. But this city council race is much more localized. I know a lot of people and I'll be out meeting everyone. I'll do my own campaigning personally.''

Time stands still. Ever notice how often old soldiers seem stuck in a time trap? Uncle Joe tells his war stories about the Battle of the Bulge until his grandchildren repeat them verbatim.

So here comes this item from The Intercom, monthly newsletter of the Cape Canaveral chapter of the Retired Officers Association: ''Following the Grenada operation in 1983, General (Winant) Sidle was requested by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to head a panel composed of newsmen and military public affairs officers to make recommendations as to how military- media relations should be handled in future operations and training exercises. . . . The Secretary of Defense approved the recommendations in August 1944. . . .''

Just a 40-year time lapse, folks, while Uncle Joe thinks about his last big one.

Street of trees. If you admire beautiful, majestic old trees, Rockledge has a real treat for you. Longtime Brevardians may be familiar with the arboreal splendor of the giant oaks on Little John Lane, near the intersection of Florida and Brevard avenues. But newcomers owe it to themselves to take a look.

Some of the live oaks or laurel oaks in the area of Ernie and Wynona Morris' home at No. 41 are more than 100 years old. Their sprawling, twisting branches reach out in all directions, in some cases 200 feet from tip to tip on either side of the huge trunk. Trees form a canopy of shade over much of the blocklong street.

''We used to have a big oak right in the middle of the street,'' says Mrs. Morris. ''Traffic had to go around it. But the city cut it down in 1959 over our protests to help drainage on Florida Avenue.''

She says the city's bicentennial committee, of which she is a member, will promote tree plantings next year to provide similar shade canopies throughout the city. The area once was an orange grove, begun shortly after the Civil War, and neighbors say citrus trees were planted around some of the oaks that remain. Check them. You'll be awed.

Twist and turn. Democratic candidate for governor Steve Pajcic was a hit at the recent Space Coast Tiger Bay Club dinner in Cocoa Beach. One of the Tigers said the other day that ''this is a guy who has a lot of appeal. He could star in a health spa commercial.'' Take a deep breath, Jim Smith. If Mr. Magic grabs the aerobics class voting bloc you're in big trouble.

Geometric conditioning. Note from Colin Wilson of Melbourne says he'll be caller-instructor for new square dance class beginning Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Satellite Beach Civic Center. This guy is really into what he does. Signed the note: ''Squarely yours.'' September is Square Dance Month. Theme: ''Shape Up -- Square Up.'' If you tend to roundness, here is an interesting alternative. Fresh face. Firing of Tom O'Connell as Cocoa police chief akin to Yankee baseball managers. Kiss the front office ring, man, or you're gone.